Natural hazards · Springdale

Springdale, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Springdale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springdale to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes19%Cold waves17%Earthquakes9%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Springdale faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Springdale flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Springdale.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Springdale isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lancaster County.

Disasters that hit Springdale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lancaster County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Springdale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SpringdaleDeclared for Lancaster County only

Lancaster County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Springdale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Springdale. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Springdale total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.